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Vietnam veteran Tim O'Brien on fictionalizing his war stories
Vietnam veteran Tim O'Brien on fictionalizing his war stories
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50 minutes
Released:
Nov 12, 2023
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WARNING: This discussion deals with suicide. In late 1994, Eleanor Wachtel spoke to award-winning author and Vietnam War veteran Tim O'Brien. He's the author of such acclaimed books as Going After Cacciato, The Things They Carried and In the Lake of the Woods. O'Brien new novel – his first in 20 years – is called America Fantastica. *This interview originally aired on Jan. 15, 1995.
Released:
Nov 12, 2023
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Podcast episode
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A virtuoso of the short story, Lydia Davis's work is surprising and memorable: Lydia Davis has been called "one of the quiet giants in the world of American fiction." Her 2007 short story collection, Varieties of Disturbance, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Davis's newest title, Our Strangers, contains 144 short stories in 300 pages. Lydia Davis spoke to Eleanor Wachtel on stage at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. *This interview originally aired June 10, 2007. by Writers and Company